We are looking to dive on a wreck from the war of 1812, in L.Ont. in less than 100ft. of water. Is this possible?
This wreck was previously described in a published account dated 8/17/10. Do you have plans to acknowledge the earlier team?
Has Jim or anyone dove to the "HARTFORD" U95229 three mast schooner foundered in 1894, Lake Ontario, Mexico Bay.
Would you kindly change the spelling of this listed wreck to that of Effie Mae - I am the owner of the vessel - Ted Walker
Where are Great Lakes shipwrecks with copper, gold etc. too deep to be practical to salvage by divers?
USS George Washington, a sloop, was built in Providence, RI and used as a merchant ship before being commissioned as a naval vessel. I have
Gulf of bothnia, sweden?
Where can I find info about emblems used by shipping companies in the 1800s? I found a copper plaque with a square emblem in the middel and
The National Museum of the Great Lakes is excited to announce the release of a new book titled Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario: A Journey of Discovery. This book contains stories of long lost shipwrecks and the journeys of the underwater explorers who found them, written by Jim Kennard with paintings by Roland Stevens and underwater imagery by Roger Pawlowski.
The recent discovery of the wreck of the British warship Ontario, “the Holy Grail” of Great Lakes shipwrecks, solves several mysteries that have puzzled historians since the ship sank more than two centuries ago. Now, for the first time, the whole tragic story of the Ontario can finally be told.